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Words of wisdom

Enter the Dojo and Master Ken, dont you just love it. This morning i watched a clip were Master Ken gave a quote from Gichin Funakoshi by saying ( its not the size of the groin, its the size of the hand that grabs it! ). Dont think Gichin Funakoshi ever said that but very funny anyway. Below are some real words of wisdom by real martial artists, some from films and sadly unknown.

1) Do not criticize any other martial arts, speak ill of others and it will surely come back to you. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it cannot move about. ( Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido)

2) Progress comes to those who train and train, reliance on secret techniques will get you no were. ( unknown )

3) Failure is the key to success, each mistake teaches us something. ( unknown )

4) If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completley fluid and free flowing. Water by its nature never collides with or breaks against anything, it swallows up any attack harmlessly. ( Morihei Ueshiba, Aikido )

5) Always keep an open mind, if a technique works, use it. ( unknown )

6) If somebody gets in your face, be nice, until its time not to be nice. ( Film Road House, Dalton )

7) Fighting is always the last answer to any problem ( Film the Karate Kid, Mr Miyagi )

8) If you use karate to defend life and honour karate means something, if karate used to defend plastic metal trophie, karate means nothing. ( Film the Karate Kid part 3 , Mr Miyagi )

9) Nothing is impossible to a willing mind, were theres a will theres a way. ( unkown )

Hi gary, thats superb. Heres one i forgot to put on before and one of my favourites:
A student walks into his first dojo and the master says why do you come to me?
Student replies i want to learn how to fight,
Ahh you want to learn how to fight replies the master, first learn how to heal, to hurt people is easy.
This is taken from the film out for justice, Steven Seagal.
Jason